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Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964
§ 75-27-1. Citation - This article may be cited as the "Weights and Measures...
§ 75-27-3. Meaning of terms - When used in this article:
§ 75-27-5. Systems of weights and measures - The system of weights and measures in customary use in...
§ 75-27-7. Definitions of special units of measure - The term "barrel" shall mean a unit of thirty-one (31)...
§ 75-27-9. State standards of weight and measure - Such weights and measures in conformity with the standards of...
§ 75-27-11. Office and working standards and equipment - In addition to the state standards provided for in Section...
§ 75-27-13. State director, deputy director, and inspectors of weights and measures - The commissioner of the department of agriculture and commerce shall...
§ 75-27-15. Bonds of deputy director and inspectors - A bond, with sureties, to be approved by the secretary...
§ 75-27-17. General powers and duties of director - The director shall have the custody of the state standards...
§ 75-27-19. Specific powers and duties of directors; regulations - The director may adopt, amend or repeal regulations for the...
§ 75-27-21. Testing of standards at state-supported institutions - The director shall from time to time test all weights...
§ 75-27-23. General testing - When not otherwise provided by law, the director shall have...
§ 75-27-25. Investigations - The director shall investigate complaints made to him concerning violations...
§ 75-27-27. Inspections of packages - The director shall, from time to time, weigh or measure...
§ 75-27-29. Stop-use, stop-removal, and removal orders - The director shall have the power to issue stop-use orders,...
§ 75-27-31. Disposition of correct and incorrect apparatus - The director shall approve for use and seal or mark...
§ 75-27-33. Police powers; right to entry and stoppage - With respect to the enforcement of this article and any...
§ 75-27-35. Powers and duties of deputy director and inspector - The powers and duties given to and imposed upon the...
§ 75-27-37. Duty of owners of incorrect apparatus - Weights and measures that have been rejected shall not again...
§ 75-27-39. Methods of sale of commodities; general - Commodities in liquid form shall be sold only by liquid...
§ 75-27-41. Methods of sale of commodities; packages, declaration of quantity and origin; variations and exemptions - Except as otherwise provided in this article, any commodity in...
§ 75-27-43. Methods of sale of commodities; declaration of unit price on random packages - In addition to the declarations required by Section 75-27-41, any...
§ 75-27-45. Methods of sale of commodities; misleading packages - No commodity in package form shall be so wrapped, nor...
§ 75-27-47. Methods of sale of commodities; advertising packages for sale - Whenever a commodity in package form is advertised in any...
§ 75-27-49. Sale by net weight - The word "weight" as used in this article in connection...
§ 75-27-51. Misrepresentation of price - Whenever any commodity or service is sold, or is offered,...
§ 75-27-53. Construction of contracts - Fractional parts of any unit of weight or measure shall...
§ 75-27-55. Hindering or obstructing officer; penalties - Any person who shall wilfully hinder or obstruct in any...
§ 75-27-57. Impersonation of officer; penalties - Any person who shall impersonate in any way the director,...
§ 75-27-61. Injunction - The director is authorized to apply to any court of...
§ 75-27-63. Presumptive evidence - For the purposes of this article, proof of the existence...
§ 75-27-65. Validity of prosecutions - Prosecutions for violation of any provision of this article are...
§ 75-27-67. Licensing service repairmen - Any person engaging in the business of scale repairing or...
Article 3 - Weights and Measures of Particular Commodities
§ 75-27-101. Schedule of weights and measures of particular commodities - The standards of the weights and measures of this state...
§ 75-27-103. Penalty for using short weights or measures - It is hereby made a misdemeanor for any person or...
§ 75-27-105. Underweight barrels of flour, meal, pork and beef forfeited - If any person shall sell, keep, or offer for sale,...
§ 75-27-109. Fixing the standard weight of coal sold by ton, box or barrel - The standard weight of coal shall and is hereby established...
§ 75-27-111. Measure of charcoal - Unless otherwise agreed upon, charcoal shall be sold by measure,...
§ 75-27-114. How natural gas motor fuels are measured when sold - Notwithstanding any provision within this chapter to the contrary, natural...
Article 5 - Sale of Livestock by Weight
§ 75-27-201. Unlawful to sell or purchase livestock by weight except where weighed by licensed or registered weigher; exceptions - If shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation...
§ 75-27-203. Commissioner of agriculture and commerce to administer article; rules and regulations - The commissioner of agriculture and commerce of Mississippi and his...
§ 75-27-205. State standards of weights and measures - The weights and measures received from the United States under...
§ 75-27-207. Sealing or making of weighing device; condemned scales - Whenever the commissioner of agriculture and commerce finds that a...
§ 75-27-211. Inspection of equipment; checking animals; permits and fees; cost of administration; testing equipment on request; seal of approval - It shall be the duty of the commissioner of agriculture...
§ 75-27-213. Weigher, defined; bond - The person who is responsible for the weighing and recording...
§ 75-27-215. Licensing of auctioneers; auctioneer not to buy cattle - All auctioneers shall be licensed by the payment of a...
§ 75-27-217. Location of scales; equipment - All scales used in the weighing of livestock at public...
§ 75-27-219. Schedule of charges to be posted - Each barn shall be required to post in a conspicuous...
§ 75-27-221. Fine or imprisonment for violation of article - Any person, firm, corporation, association, or co-operative violating any of...
§ 75-27-223. Initial testing to be made before prosecution - No prosecutions shall be commenced under this article for violations...
Article 7 - Bonded Weighmaster's Law
§ 75-27-301. Short title - This article shall be cited as the "Bonded Weighmaster's Law."
§ 75-27-303. Definitions - For the purposes of this article, the following words shall...
§ 75-27-309. Oath of bonded weighmaster - Each person, at the time application is made for a...
§ 75-27-313. Surety bond - At the time application is made for a bonded weighmaster's...
§ 75-27-319. Powers and duties of state commissioner of agriculture and commerce - The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of the State of...
§ 75-27-325. Supplemental nature of this article; effect of conflict with other laws - The provisions of this article shall be supplemental to the...